Even if they can be trusted (I wouldn't trust myself), GC is a big time saver and I'd say well worth the trade-off. There's far more performance to be had elsew

Even if they can be trusted (I wouldn't trust myself), GC is a big time saver and I'd say well worth the trade-off. There's far more performance to be had elsewhere (compiler) but wherever that's or manual memory management is needed, there is a language to fit that need.